Dumas among nine Riceland facility temporary closings
A temporary closure at Riceland Foods’ rice drying facility in Dumas is highlighting the growing economic challenges facing Southeast Arkansas as a sharp decline in rice acreage forces the nation’s largest rice cooperative to scale back operations. Riceland Foods announced it will temporarily close nine of its 23...
Nashville Homeowners Walloped As Tennessee Insurance Bills Soar
Tennessee homeowners are getting hammered with some of the steepest home insurance bills in the country, and Nashville is feeling it most. New figures show the typical Tennessee homeowner now faces an annual premium of about $3,408, which is roughly 42% above the national average. That price tag ranks Tennessee seventh
Arkansas Storm Team Forecast: Rain chances today & this weekend
THIS AFTERNOON: Scattered showers & a new storms will roll through the state this afternoon, mainly in southern Arkansas. Temperatures will warm into the mid 80s today. TONIGHT: A few clouds will linger overnight as temperatures fall into the 60s & 70s. TOMORROW: Saturday will be a mostly dry day,...
Subsurface South Arkansas: Columbia County workover producing slight amount of oil
Recent reports filed with the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission relating to permits issued; well completions, recompletions and workovers; and the plugging and abandonment of oil, natural gas and saltwater brine (bromine and lithium production) in South Arkansas. WORKOVERS. Mission Creek Operating of Magnolia has finishe
What Draws Fireflies To Arkansas Yards Every Summer
Your backyard just blinked at you. Count that as a sign. Warm Arkansas evenings carry a quiet kind of electricity, and fireflies are its most vivid proof. Watch them long enough and a question takes hold. Why here? Why your Arkansas yard, your grass, your particular patch of the state?...
Elevated risk of flash flooding through weekend
The National Weather Service (NWS) has released a new forecast that elevates the risk of flash flooding for Northern Arkansas through Father’s Day weekend and into next week. Saturday will stay mostly quiet and dry as heavy rains stay in southern Arkansas and Missouri. By Sunday evening heavy rains...
Jacksonville police investigating shooting that left one injured
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (KATV) — Around 3:52 p.m. on January 19, the Jacksonville Police Department responded to the 1200 block of South Highway 161 for a shots fired call. Upon arrival, officers determined that there was one victim suffering from a gunshot wound that had been transported to a local hospital.
10 Arkansas Campgrounds With Stargazing So Good You’ll Lose Track Of Time
I had the tent in one hand and the flashlight in the other when the sky made me stop. The Ozarks were dark, the campsite was quiet, and overhead the stars looked almost unreal. I forgot the whole reason I was standing there. That is the pull of Arkansas after...
Flash flood warning and watch affects South Arkansas
Columbia County is under a flash flood watch until 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2026. Part of the county was under a flash flood warning at 3:23 a.m. Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen so far early this mor
Heartworm concerns for Ozarks pet owners after heavy rain
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - After weeks of heavy rain across the Ozarks, veterinarians say standing water can create prime conditions for mosquitoes. For pet owners, a mosquito problem can become a heartworm problem. If you’ve got water sitting in a flower pot, a bucket, or even a low spot in...

















